14 killed at Iraqi police chief's house

Unidentified gunmen attacked the house of an Iraqi police chief in Baqouba, north-east of Baghdad, killing his wife, two brothers and 11 guards, Diyala provincial police reported.

Unidentified gunmen attacked the house of an Iraqi police chief in Baqouba, north-east of Baghdad, killing his wife, two brothers and 11 guards, Diyala provincial police reported.

The attackers also abducted two sons and two daughters of police chief Col. Ali Ahmed, police said. Ahmed wasn’t home at the time, they said. The children’s ages and other details of the attack were not immediately available.

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